Birmingham Detroit Country Day guard Maurice Ways smiles at fans on March 23, 2013, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. / Jarrad Henderson / DFP

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Detroit Free Press Sports Writer

The Wolverines receives the eighth commitment for their 2014 football class today, when Birmingham Detroit Country Day receiver Moe Ways announced his commitment on Twitter.

He is 6-feet-3 and 195 pounds and rated as a three-star recruit by rivals.com. He also had scholarship offers from Iowa, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan, among others.

From @MoeWays on Instagram: “IM A MICHIGAN MAN! JUST COMMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN!! I'm sooo blessed and I'm thankful…”

Verbal commitments are nonbinding until national letters of intent are signed in February.